Stitch-down weltless shoe



Dec. 18, I928. 1,695,697

E. J. RAMSEY a rmen-Down WELTLESS sacs Filed Feb. 18, 1927 avwewcoz 170144480 JEAMSEH "15 arts last- Patented Dec. 18, v ,i 1

' nnwann zr. Ramsa ormnw ironic, n. Y.'-

I semen-Down waterless-seen 1 pli at n ti te Eebmalyv 491 71 :Thisinvention relates .to improvements the manufacture of shoes, technically known as stitch-down weltslioegand the 1 ar;i 1 c; pal: object; is to providea construction 1n which the welt is eliminated and at thesame time :a tearing apart orripping'of the enter sole from the inner sole prevented.

Another objectis t0 provide Welt- -less shoe wherein reinforcement of the connection between the outerso'le andtheupper isprovided i'or by means of a separate connection i ni thin-ash themes-" le ea ea s a d easers, in d y i s mewh m lar measles which we beneat thes possible embodiments of the invention; it be- 7 ins ana ams; man al y a sash form is merely illustrative of one ofthe many po'sv sible combinations, and arrangements of parts well calculated to attain the ob ects of the invention, and hence said detailed description of such form is not to be'taken as at all defining or limiting the invent-ion it;-

self. That is to say, thescop'e of protection contemplated is of course tov be taken from the appended claims, interpreted as broadly as is consistent withthe prior art. j

In said drawing: 1

Fig. 1 is a transverse section showing a form now preferred as above;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a variation of said form; v

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing another variation; and a Fig. 4 is asimilar view showing still another variation.

Referring to the numerals on the drawing, in each view there is indicated at 5 the upper of a shoe, said upper having its marginal portions turned out in the usual-way as indicated at 6. At- 7 is indicated an insolejand 8 an outsole.

Also, in each view, the upper 5 and the insole 7 are connected together by means of a stitch 9 which passes through these parts, angling from the junction between the main part of the upper 5 and the portions 6 thereof, downwardly and inwardly. In addition th re area pair of stitches l fl aiid connect the turned out upper portions 6, th e insole l7 1 and the outsole 181' These stitches clamp down all three elements 6, 7 and. '8,

over acoi siderable partof the width of port ons 6; and are desirably disposed parallel and gvertical, although theyimay also he angled directions g Y to increase resistance to any tendency'o f the partstoseparate upon the applicat on oi outward pressure by the foot within the shoe.

. In rigae e is-thesis seam-mi stitch 12, which goes through the'insole Tbut not t rought bn S01e8 a ,InfFig. 2, there is shownin the shoe a sec jond insole 14L, not-wide enough extend be. yo h e f stit and t e add? tional stitch 1-2 goes through-this in- $016514. 1' f I In Fig. 3,.the re i ,l ot o n ly a second, insole,

14, i s-in rig. abut arm 15. Themargin'al portionsoi this liner are inturnedland eX- T: tended between the nsoles P7 and latas'shown';

here the additional line of stitching 12 goes through the two insoles andthe liner.

In igft, only the three linesof stitching 9, 10 and 11 are employed as in Fig. 1. "Here,

however, while the liner 15 is employed, the 1 same is laid flat against thetop of the second insole 14. The marginal portions of the liner are out-turned, so that these marginal portions. lie between the out-turned marginalportions 6 of the upper and the first insole 7. In this variation, the stitches 9, 10 and 11 all pass through the upper, the liner and the first insole 7, none pass through thesecond' insole 14L,'while two'of the stitches, the

stitches 10 and 11,pass also through'the outsole 8 as in the case of Fig. 1.

The advantages of the construction de scribed will be obvious, providing as it does a weltless triple-stitch-down construction of shoe in which the likelihood of the tearing apart of the shoe atthe junction between the outer sole and the inner sole, and between the upper and the soles, due-to theoutward pressure of thefoot within the shoeagainst the usual welt location, is minimized and substantially eliminated.

Inasmuch as many changes couldlbe made 'in the above construction,and many apparently widely difl'erent embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above" description or;

shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. a

It is also to be understood that the language contained in the following claims is intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein. described and all statements of the scope of the inven tion which, as a matter of language, might be structural elements including an outsole, an

insole and an upper outturned to have marginal portions overlying edge portions of the two soles, said shoe also including a structural element located between the upper and the insole, and a plurality of lines of stitches each going through a plurality of said elements,two of said stitches going through said marginal portions and the two soles and also through the lastmentioned element.

3. A stitch-down welt-less shoe having structural elements including an outsole, an

I insole and an upper outturned to have marginal portions overlying edge portions of the two soles, said shoe also including a structural element located between the upper and the insole, and a pluralit oflines of stitches each going througha p urality of said ele ments, two of said stitches going through said marginal portions and the two soles and three of said stitches going through the upper and the insole. v

4. A stitch-down weltless shoe having structural elements including an outsole, an insole and an upper out-turned to havemarginal portions overlying edge portions of the two soles, said shoe also including a structural element locatedbetween the upper and the insole, and a plurality of lines of stitches each going through a plurality of said elements, two of said stitches going through said marginal portions and the two soles, one other of said stitches going through the upper and the insole but not through the outsole.

5. A stitch-down weltless shoe having structural elements including an outsole, an insole and an upper out-turned to have marginal portions overlying'edge portions of the V two soles, said shoe also including a. structural element located between the upper and the insole,and a plurality of lines of stitches each going through a plurality of said ele ments, two of said stitches going through said marginal portions and the two soles and three ofsaid stitches going through theupper and the insole.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWARD J. RAMSEY: 

